Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 81 81
Rank change year-on-year -16 0 -27
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 2,094 1,740 2,301
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.84% 3.50% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 3.95% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,434 827 1,387
10th Percentile £45,543 £51,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,764 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £93,634 £92,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £115,000 £108,850
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -7.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 82,871 44,018 63,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.00% 88.61% 80.87%
Number of salaries quoted 57,674 24,857 36,941
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -3.67%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 11 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 11 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -23 1,812 £75,000 - 1,250
UK excluding London -27 1,153 £67,500 -3.57% 610
Work from Home -19 862 £67,500 -3.57% 631
London -16 793 £85,000 +6.25% 821
North of England -44 373 £75,000 +7.14% 170
South East +30 324 £65,000 -7.14% 129
North West -57 201 £77,500 +10.71% 81
South West -14 140 £62,500 +4.17% 68
Midlands -54 109 £67,500 -3.57% 62
North East +24 95 £65,000 +49.86% 26
West Midlands -30 78 £80,000 +14.29% 37
Yorkshire -10 77 £69,310 -0.99% 65
Northern Ireland -20 70 £60,000 +33.33% 35
Wales -18 66 £62,500 +20.19% 11
East of England -45 39 £60,100 -3.84% 52
Scotland -46 36 £60,000 -23.23% 89
East Midlands -56 31 £65,000 - 24
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 43 (2.05%) Confluence
2 31 (1.48%) Apache Spark
3 19 (0.91%) Apache
4 16 (0.76%) CMS
5 13 (0.62%) IIS
6 12 (0.57%) Camunda
7 10 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.43%) OpenStack
9 8 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
10 7 (0.33%) JBoss
10 7 (0.33%) nginx
10 7 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 7 (0.33%) WordPress
11 5 (0.24%) Drupal
12 4 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
12 4 (0.19%) Umbraco
13 3 (0.14%) EPiServer
13 3 (0.14%) Immediacy CMS
13 3 (0.14%) Kentico
13 3 (0.14%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 11 (0.53%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.48%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.096%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.096%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.048%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (0.29%) Oracle Retail
3 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.048%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.048%) Eikon
4 1 (0.048%) RMDS
4 1 (0.048%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.048%) Shopify
4 1 (0.048%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,070 (51.10%) AWS
2 887 (42.36%) Azure
3 330 (15.76%) GCP
4 263 (12.56%) Serverless
5 260 (12.42%) GitHub
6 192 (9.17%) SaaS
7 181 (8.64%) Azure DevOps
8 149 (7.12%) AWS Lambda
9 122 (5.83%) Amazon S3
9 122 (5.83%) AWS CloudFormation
10 119 (5.68%) Amazon EKS
11 103 (4.92%) GitHub Copilot
12 94 (4.49%) Azure Service Bus
13 89 (4.25%) Amazon ECS
14 75 (3.58%) GitHub Actions
15 68 (3.25%) Amazon SQS
16 65 (3.10%) Amazon EC2
17 58 (2.77%) Azure AKS
18 50 (2.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 50 (2.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.67%) Broadband
2 21 (1.00%) Network Security
3 13 (0.62%) DMARC
4 12 (0.57%) DNS
4 12 (0.57%) MQTT
5 9 (0.43%) AMQP
5 9 (0.43%) HTTP
6 8 (0.38%) Internet
6 8 (0.38%) VPN
7 7 (0.33%) Hyperconnected
8 6 (0.29%) RFID
8 6 (0.29%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.24%) Firewall
10 3 (0.14%) DHCP
10 3 (0.14%) LTE
10 3 (0.14%) NAS
10 3 (0.14%) SAN
11 2 (0.096%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.096%) SSL
12 1 (0.048%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 311 (14.85%) MongoDB
2 230 (10.98%) PostgreSQL
3 203 (9.69%) NoSQL
4 168 (8.02%) Azure SQL Database
5 155 (7.40%) Elasticsearch
6 114 (5.44%) MySQL
6 114 (5.44%) SQL Server
7 95 (4.54%) Relational Database
8 65 (3.10%) Redis
9 58 (2.77%) DynamoDB
10 44 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
11 32 (1.53%) Big Data
12 17 (0.81%) Data Lake
13 15 (0.72%) Pinecone
13 15 (0.72%) RDBMS
14 12 (0.57%) Db2
14 12 (0.57%) DTS
15 9 (0.43%) BigQuery
16 8 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
16 8 (0.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 285 (13.61%) Git
2 190 (9.07%) GitLab
3 164 (7.83%) Jenkins
4 66 (3.15%) JUnit
5 64 (3.06%) JIRA
6 60 (2.87%) TeamCity
7 54 (2.58%) Cucumber
8 41 (1.96%) Cypress.io
9 39 (1.86%) Mockito
10 36 (1.72%) Maven
11 32 (1.53%) Claude Code
12 26 (1.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 25 (1.19%) Selenium
14 18 (0.86%) SonarQube
15 17 (0.81%) Spock
16 14 (0.67%) JMeter
16 14 (0.67%) Postman
17 13 (0.62%) REST Assured
18 12 (0.57%) Vite
19 10 (0.48%) CircleCI
General
1 534 (25.50%) Finance
2 421 (20.11%) Social Skills
3 234 (11.17%) Public Sector
4 190 (9.07%) Banking
5 158 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 152 (7.26%) Law
7 145 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
8 119 (5.68%) Retail
9 87 (4.15%) Legal
10 76 (3.63%) Financial Institution
11 61 (2.91%) Marketing
12 54 (2.58%) Back Office
13 40 (1.91%) Aerospace
14 35 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
15 31 (1.48%) Games
16 28 (1.34%) Legal Technology
17 18 (0.86%) Advertising
18 17 (0.81%) Front Office
19 12 (0.57%) Aviation
20 11 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 774 (36.96%) Developer
2 505 (24.12%) Senior
3 373 (17.81%) Software Engineer
4 355 (16.95%) Lead
5 318 (15.19%) Architect
6 202 (9.65%) .NET Developer
7 190 (9.07%) Senior Developer
8 166 (7.93%) Java Developer
9 164 (7.83%) Full-Stack Developer
10 136 (6.49%) Java Engineer
11 127 (6.06%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 126 (6.02%) Senior Software Engineer
13 110 (5.25%) Solutions Architect
14 104 (4.97%) Principal Engineer
15 83 (3.96%) Software Developer
16 77 (3.68%) Lead Software Engineer
17 72 (3.44%) DevOps Engineer
18 71 (3.39%) Lead Developer
19 67 (3.20%) Technical Leader
20 60 (2.87%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 546 (26.07%) .NET
2 451 (21.54%) React
3 434 (20.73%) Node.js
4 383 (18.29%) Terraform
5 378 (18.05%) Spring
6 342 (16.33%) Spring Boot
7 314 (15.00%) RESTful
8 291 (13.90%) REST
9 282 (13.47%) Kafka
10 245 (11.70%) ASP.NET
11 227 (10.84%) AngularJS
12 223 (10.65%) .NET Core
13 212 (10.12%) Vue
14 197 (9.41%) ASP.NET Core
15 122 (5.83%) Blazor
16 103 (4.92%) ASP.NET Web API
17 94 (4.49%) HTML
18 91 (4.35%) CSS
19 88 (4.20%) .NET Framework
19 88 (4.20%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 664 (31.71%) Cloud Native
2 384 (18.34%) Distributed Systems
3 156 (7.45%) Product Ownership
4 114 (5.44%) Enterprise Software
5 107 (5.11%) Legacy Systems
6 80 (3.82%) Onboarding
7 54 (2.58%) Public Cloud
8 51 (2.44%) AI Agents
9 49 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
10 47 (2.24%) Virtual Team
11 43 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
12 41 (1.96%) e-Learning
13 29 (1.38%) Distributed Architecture
14 24 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
15 21 (1.00%) Management Information System
15 21 (1.00%) Mobile App
15 21 (1.00%) Video\Live Streaming
16 20 (0.96%) Mainframe
16 20 (0.96%) Private Cloud
17 19 (0.91%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 142 (6.78%) Linux
2 48 (2.29%) Windows
3 27 (1.29%) CentOS
3 27 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 22 (1.05%) Unix
5 10 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.38%) Android
6 8 (0.38%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.29%) AIX
7 6 (0.29%) Debian
7 6 (0.29%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,114 (53.20%) CI/CD
2 1,000 (47.76%) Agile
3 749 (35.77%) Software Engineering
4 734 (35.05%) DevOps
5 578 (27.60%) Full-Stack Development
6 540 (25.79%) Mentoring
7 478 (22.83%) Event-Driven
8 447 (21.35%) AI
9 433 (20.68%) Test Automation
10 422 (20.15%) Continuous Improvement
11 419 (20.01%) Infrastructure as Code
12 405 (19.34%) Containerisation
13 379 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
14 313 (14.95%) Technical Leadership
15 298 (14.23%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 291 (13.90%) Scrum
17 252 (12.03%) Architectural Patterns
18 242 (11.56%) TDD
19 239 (11.41%) Observability
20 233 (11.13%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 735 (35.10%) Java
2 578 (27.60%) C#
3 511 (24.40%) SQL
4 461 (22.02%) JavaScript
5 446 (21.30%) Python
6 400 (19.10%) TypeScript
7 95 (4.54%) Go
8 58 (2.77%) Ruby
9 45 (2.15%) C++
10 39 (1.86%) Bash
11 33 (1.58%) PHP
12 28 (1.34%) Scala
13 27 (1.29%) PowerShell
14 26 (1.24%) Bicep
15 25 (1.19%) Kotlin
16 23 (1.10%) Rust
17 21 (1.00%) PL/SQL
18 16 (0.76%) C
18 16 (0.76%) Groovy
19 14 (0.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 322 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 221 (10.55%) SC Cleared
3 172 (8.21%) Degree
4 92 (4.39%) DV Cleared
5 81 (3.87%) AWS Certification
6 79 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 55 (2.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 31 (1.48%) CISSP
9 29 (1.38%) Azure Certification
10 19 (0.91%) CISM
11 18 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (0.72%) Master's Degree
13 14 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (0.48%) MBA
15 8 (0.38%) PhD
16 7 (0.33%) DBS Check
17 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 5 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
18 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
19 4 (0.19%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 224 (10.70%) QA
2 93 (4.44%) Accessibility
3 37 (1.77%) WCAG
4 35 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 31 (1.48%) GDPR
6 18 (0.86%) NCSC
6 18 (0.86%) NIST
7 17 (0.81%) Data Quality
8 12 (0.57%) SOC 2
9 11 (0.53%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.43%) GRC
11 9 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 8 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
14 6 (0.29%) ISO 20022
15 5 (0.24%) PSD2
16 4 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 3 (0.14%) IFRS
System Software
1 589 (28.13%) Docker
2 40 (1.91%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.43%) NDS
4 6 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.14%) KVM
8 2 (0.096%) Firmware
9 1 (0.048%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 634 (30.28%) Kubernetes
2 105 (5.01%) Ansible
3 101 (4.82%) Grafana
4 51 (2.44%) Prometheus
5 27 (1.29%) Argo
5 27 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (0.96%) Puppet
7 16 (0.76%) Kibana
8 9 (0.43%) Cilium
9 6 (0.29%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.24%) Podman
11 4 (0.19%) HP Fortify
11 4 (0.19%) Packer
12 3 (0.14%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.096%) MIIS
13 2 (0.096%) Rancher
14 1 (0.048%) Cisco CUCM
14 1 (0.048%) Consul
14 1 (0.048%) Fluentd
14 1 (0.048%) logstash
Vendors
1 336 (16.05%) Microsoft
2 98 (4.68%) Google
3 73 (3.49%) Oracle
4 45 (2.15%) Splunk
5 42 (2.01%) OpenAI
6 28 (1.34%) Dynatrace
6 28 (1.34%) Okta
7 26 (1.24%) IBM
8 25 (1.19%) ForgeRock
9 24 (1.15%) AppDynamics
10 22 (1.05%) Databricks
11 17 (0.81%) OneLogin
11 17 (0.81%) Typelevel
12 15 (0.72%) SAP
13 14 (0.67%) Adobe
14 13 (0.62%) OpenText
14 13 (0.62%) Salesforce
14 13 (0.62%) SendGrid
15 12 (0.57%) CyberArk
15 12 (0.57%) ServiceNow